The afternoon had been bright and clear and slowly the evening was beginning to roll around, the sun was sinking slowly in the sky, painting the clouds in soft hues of rose and gold, the sky to the east was fading into an inky blue, the first few stars of the evening beginning to prick the darkening sky with the little sparks of light. The autumnal leaves were falling more regularly now, they themselves had faded into golden and red hues, all around the autumn was indeed in full swing, the long grasses had died off, leaving a much shorter carpet of green in the area. The house was warm this evening, someone had lit a fire in one of the fire places to keep the chilly evening at bay and it was working very efficiently, warming the whole house, albeit slowly. Here and there someone had been around lighting candles, which was pleasant, keeping the house bright, although the wolves had good night vision the candles were a nice addition to the house. The sable wolf had been out for a brisk walk and had only just arrived back home once again, she had been trying to get her mind in order, although there were much, much more serious situations to think on, the war, her family being broken, today the ebony pelted female's thoughts were resting on her love life. It was time that she made a descision, she had been stalling too long, trying to make the descision, on one hand she had her former pale mate, the female who she had loved so hopelessly for so long, so tirelessly, even when she had been with other wolves she had always loved her, she had even spoken about her to her youngest children. On the other hand she had the calico patterned lover, the younger female who was the daughter of her first love, she was so vibrant, so bold, Soran had felt an instant attraction to the multicoloured girl, but she had been torn, was it strange, although the girl was so different from her pale mother was Soran simply falling for her because of Summer? Was it simply because she reminded her of the pale female? There was much that the female had to be thankful for, her daughters had arrived back in the lands, she had them to be close to again, but there was something that was missing from her life, there were many times of love, she had a family love in abundance, but she needed romantic love.
The ebony female had entered the house quietly and was laying on her bed, staring at the ceiling, her heart was torn into two pieces, one side wanting to go to Deuce, the other sad that she had had to end the relationship with Charm, she felt guilty. But it had been time for the dark female to made a descision and after the long walk she thought that she had, she owed it to her battered and broken heart to see what happened with Deuce. She needed to know if the pale female still wanted her though, she seemed to have been clear about it when they had met once again, but weeks had passed, Soran had barely seen Charm. This would be difficult for the dark female, she did not want to hurt the calico patterened girl, she wanted to tell her that perhaps this was not the best thing for either of them, Soran felt so much older than the younger girl, she wanted her to be happy, she feared that she was perhaps not strong enough to start a completely fresh relationship, not when she could simply fall back into an old routine with the female who her heart had been pining for for years on end, ever since their first kiss they had been connected, coming in and out of one another's lives, they had aleways loved one another, she owed it to herself to try again, she did not want to look back on her life and think, "what if?" The ebony female rose from her bed, hands trembling slightly with nerves, she would go and see Deuce, ask her if she still wanted her now that she had broken the news to Charm. Although she was concerned that she might have broken the news prematurely, what if she had been wrong? What if Deuce had decided that she did not love her after all, that would be awful, though the sable female was unsure whether or not she would not have deserved it if it did. The female opened her door slowly, her left arm ached as she did so, the knife wound was still fresh, a white bandage wrapped tightly around it, ever now and again it would be stained with blood, the injury was healing slowly, it now had rudimentary stitches in it now, it hurt a large amount though. The ebony Aedile closed the door behind her as quietly as possible, padding across the short gap between Deuce's room and her own, perhaps another sign of the female's devotion, having chosen a room less than a few feet from the other female's room. Slowly the sable female raised her hand, she gave a soft knock on the door, nibbling on her lower lip slightly, she was nervous, though she had no idea why she was nervous. The lady stared at the closed door with jade eyes, brushing at her long curled mane with one hand nervously, after what seemed an age she knocked again.
"Deuce? Deuce are you in?" The lady called softly.
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